Staff Robotics Software Engineer, CUAS, Omen

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

The Maneuver Dominance team at Anduril develops operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy. Omen is Anduril’s hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicle (AAV) that packs the endurance, payload, and mission flexibility of much larger airplanes into a novel runway-independent Group 3 platform.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will own software integration of Omen’s airborne counter-UAS effector payload end to end, and build the team around it.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the autonomy architecture for Omen’s cUAS dogfighting mission end to end, from first prototype to fielded software.
• Collaborate with the Omen Perception team to develop target tracking and perception.
• Design the intercept guidance and pursuit planning that puts the aircraft in a firing position against a maneuvering target.
• Work alongside the Omen Autonomy team which owns core autonomy systems.
• Own fire control software.
• Hold the sensor-to-shot latency budget.
• Own software interfaces with the payload, vehicle, and mission compute.
• Build the simulation that proves the engagement works before flight.
• Take it to the field.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years building software for robotic or autonomous systems.
• Strong engineering background.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary software teams.
• Strong Rust or C++ for real-time and embedded systems.
• Deep experience in target tracking and sensor fusion.
• Experience with guidance, motion planning, or control for fast-moving vehicles.
• Experience integrating and characterizing perception sensors in software.
• Hands-on field test experience.
• Experience as the technical owner of a safety-critical autonomy system.
• Ability to travel about 25%.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with fire control, weapon, or effector software.
• Counter-UAS experience.
• Air-to-air autonomy.
• VTOL.
• Experience with gimbal or turret pointing software.
• Familiarity with lead and ballistic solutions.
• Software safety standards.
• Real-time operating systems.
• Simulation tools.

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.